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IN the course of a comprehensive investigation of stacking disorders and polymorphism in zinc sulphide crystals grown by sublimation, we have encountered a new type of crystal form. The term ‘spiroid’ has been used for conveying the topological character of the habit, and to differentiate the phenomenon from the surface texture associated with a spiral dislocation mechanism of growth.
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ROTH, W. Spiroidal Crystals of Zinc Sulphide. Nature 173, 38–39 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173038a0
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